Other than sex, two things bring people together; economic transactions and booze.

Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.

Faith must be worked at.

To use ones religion as a rationalization for lack of financial success demeans that faith.

Social welfare is the most corrosive behavioral force ever unleashed by man.

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress.